(Closed) How do you/your body react to stress?

I’m going through alot of stressful stuff at the moment and my body is doing some crazy things.. as well as my mind. I’m currently having bouts of [tmi ] nausea and other tummy… issues a la poop. and I’ve crossed over to giddy. I can’t stop laughing/crying/laughing/crying.. and usually lack sleep. I’m just wondering how your bodies react to stress/what weird stress reactions you may have.

ETA: so I emailed my dad telling him how my stress has made my tummy..poopy… and he replied “At least nobody can say you don’t give a shit about the wedding ” ahahaha I LOL’ed and they asked what was funny (at work) and I clearly couldn’t say… so I had to share here. ETA again: and to add, after I told him he made me laugh and made my coworkers ask.. he said I hope that the laughing didn’t create any “squirting issues”

Oh god, it’s awful, I break out in hives – sometimes all over my body, including lips, palms, soles of my feet.

This started a few years ago. (Well, it happened sometimes when I was a child, but not since then.) I thought when I finished my dissertation it would stop, and it did…until I started working on job applications. Luckily I can control it by taking zyrtec and 600 mg ibuprofen twice a day, but I was so happy to be able to stop taking so much damn medicine every day. But now it looks like I’ll be starting again.

If I am majorly stressed out I also constantly switch between giggling and crying. If it is work-related stress I get horrible migraines (fun). If it is something major with a deadline attached to it, the morning of it’s my stomach as well. Grrr… not so nice but I guess it could be worse.

I’ll just get mondo savage headaches. Which sucks!!! Luckily, as long as I stay organized, I can manage stress so it doesn’t manifest that way. I think I only had two bad headaches while planning the wedding, and none so far while planning this cross-country move. Though there’s still plenty of time for them to show up, haha.

ugh I wish I got the poops! I get nasty cold sores on my lips that last two weeks…I have started taking prescription meds to prevent them…That is my worst fear..walking down the aisle with a huge coldsore.

@mayflowerbride13: Lol you’re so funny. I am glad you’re able to laugh at some things in this situation 🙂

Generally my skin is really good, but I tend to break out a bit when I am stressed.

My tummy also goes.. similar to your issues 🙂 And just the general anxiety makes me weepy, sad/angry at the drop of a hat… and I make mountains out of molehills.. basically overreact at stupid things etc.

My stomach is usually the first thing to go. When things get really rough I feel nauseous and lose my appetite. I tend to loose a lot of weight when I’m really stressed which sucks because I don’t have much to begin with…

When I get stressed, my appetite goes out the window and I have to force myself to eat one good meal a day. I get super nnauseated and my GI issues flare up. I also tend to faint. And of course, a good night’s sleep is just not happening. Stress is a bitch.

Ugh stress + ThinThirties do not play well together. My body just goes haywire. I lose hair, get psoriasis on my hands but the worst is my digestion just gives up. I’m talking about just not working for weeks at a time. It’s painful and exhausting. I work out about 4 times per week and that probably helps but not as much as I thought it would. I’m lucky to have a partner who grounds me and reminds me to just breath.

It also kills my adrenal glands making it hard to keep my weight low. I also get super dizzy to the point of blacking out every time I stand up. It’s really crappy 🙁

I get really bad anxiety when I’m stressed, which leads to me throwing up. It’s awful! The week before I sent out invitations and the week before the wedding I threw up almost every day. I also lose my hair (I freaked out on our honeymoon because it started coming out by fistfuls) and I get really deep horizontal ridges on my nail beds. And I can’t sleep. Stress just sucks!